Eclipse No tests found using JUnit 5 caused by NoClassDefFoundError for LauncherFactory

Question

The problem

Whenever I run my projects JUnit test (using JUnit 5 with Java 9 and Eclipse Oxygen 1.a) I encounter the problem that eclipse can\'t find any tests.

Answer 1

None of the solutions helped:

The problem is that Eclipse 2018-12 has support for JUnit 5.3.1. If you start it with a version before that, it will fail.

So make sure you use at least 5.3.1.

5.4.0 does work too.

In case your parent pom is Spring Boot, you need to make sure (in dependency management) that junit-jupiter-api is set to the same version. You don't need junit-platform-runner or -launcher!

Answer 2

For me, I configured the build path to add JUnit 5 Library and also by adding the dependency

     <dependency> 
        <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId> 
        <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId> 
        <version>1.1.0</version> 
        <scope>test</scope> 
     </dependency>

seperately.

Answer 3

I am using eclipse 2019-09.

I had to update the junit-bom version to at least 5.4.0. I previously had 5.3.1 and that caused the same symptoms of the OP.

My config is now:

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
                <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
                <version>5.5.2</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>

Answer 4

Same error i faced in eclipse version Oxygen.3a Release (4.7.3a) . There is issue in Maven Dependencies mismatch.To solve i have updated my Pom.xml with following dependecies.

http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> 4.0.0 com.netapp.junitnmactiopractice JunitAndMactioPractice 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    <junit.jupiter.version>5.1.1</junit.jupiter.version>
    <junit.platform.version>1.1.1</junit.platform.version>
</properties>

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>${java.version}</source>
                <target>${java.version}</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
        <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
        <version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Answer 5

you should change

@Test
public static void testmethod(){}

to

@Test
public void testmethod(){}

the @Test is unsupport static method

Answer 6

You can use only junit-jupiter as a test dependency instead of junit-jupiter-api, junit-platform-launcher, junit-jupiter-engine.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.2</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>